Wick drains 1

[vollEngineer]

I used to have this great packet of info for wick drains and now I can't find it for anything. Does anyone have a nice tidy reference to design and settlement calcs for wick drains?

 

[moe333]

Go to Nilex.com. You can download their lengthy manual.

 

[howardoark]

FHWA has extensive (free, downloadable) guidance for wick drains (from 1986). I did a recent project using this methodology: Effect of the Smear and Transition Zones around
Prefabricated Vertical Drains Installed in a Triangular
Pattern on the Rate of Soil Consolidation
D. Basu, S.M.ASCE1; and M. Prezzi, M.ASCE2 - from the ASCE Geotech Journal Jan/Feb 2007. Worked like a charm.

 

[vulcanhammer]

I think the document that howardoark is referring to can be downloaded from

http://www.vulcanhammer.info/vibro/sand-wick-drains.php

http://www.vulcanhammer.net

http://www.vulcanhammer.info

 

[vollEngineer]

I flipped through that website. I think I'll spend the weekend looking through the rest.

Thanks!